Behnaz Jafari AS Maria

Behnaz Jafari was born in Tehran , Iran , in 1974, and has begun her cinematic activities since 1980. She has got her B.A. in Dramatic Literature from College of Art of Azad University in 2005.
She won diploma of honor as best actress in a leading role for “The President’s Cellphone” in the Thirtieth Fajr Film Festival.

Features

• “Blue Scarf” Directed by Rakhshan Banietemad (1993)
• “Cinema is Cinema” Directed by Ziaedin Dorry (1994)
• “Taher’s Love” Directed by Mohammadali Najafi (1995)
• “Blackboard” Directed by Samira Makhmalbaf (1996)
• “Water & Fire” Directed by Fereidoune Jeirani (1997)
• “Negin” Directed by Asghar Hashemi (2001)
• “Passenger of Rey” Directed by Davoud Mirbagheri (2001)
• “A House on the Water” Directed by Bahman Farmanara (2002)
• Winner of Best Actress in Supporting Role in 21 Fajr Film Festival
• “Ghogha” Directed by Saied Soheli (2002)
• “ Tehran 7:00 am” Directed by Amir Shahab Razavian (2003)
• “A Few Threads of Hair” Directed by Iraj Karimi(2003)
• “ Kandelous Garden” Directed by Iraj Karimi (2004)
• “Wake up Arezou” Directed by Kianoush Ayari (2003)
• “Look” Directed by Sepide Farsi (2004)
• “From Far away” Directed by Ramin Mohseni (2004)
• “10+4” Directed by Mania Akbari (2006)
• “Enticing Costume” Directed by Mohsen Damadi (2006)
• “A Place for Loving” Directed by Ebrahim Forouzesh (2007)
• “Off the Highway” Directed by Siavash Asadi (2009)
• “My little Song” Directed by Masoud Keramati (2009)
• “Near the Highway” Directed by Siavash Asadi (2009)
• “The South Street Pickpacket” Directed by Siavash Asadi (2011)
• “The President’s Cellphone” Directed by Ali Atshani (2011)

TV Serials

• “Feasts of Those Years” Direcred by Said Ebrahimifar (1998)
• “Dust of Light” Directed by Mohammadreza Aslani (1999)
• “Ten Picture of a Life”
• “Age of Frenzy” Directed by Mohammadali Najafi (1999)
• “Red Soil” Directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia (2000)
• “Age of Refraction” Directed by Kamal Tabrizi (2001)
• “Jugglery” Directed by Hojat Ghasemzade Asl (2002)
• “Strory of Mokhtar” Directed by Davoud Mirbagheri (2004)
• “101 Ways for Bothering Parents” Directed by Hojat Ghasemzade Asl (2004)
• “Crash” Directed by Manouchehr Hadi (2006)
• “Alertness” Directed by Bahram Azimpour (2007)
• “Gharib’s State” Directed by Kianoush Ayari (2007)
• “Minor Cruels” Directed by Masoud Shahmohammadi (2008)
• “Patriarch Fall” Directed by Masoud Shahmohammadi (2009)
• “Sheriff (3)” Directed by Masoud Shahmohammadi (2009)
• “Crossing the Autumn” Directed by Masoud Shahmohammadi (2009)
• “Fool” Directed by Saeed Ebrahimifar (2010)
• “Modern Tehran” Directed by Farid Sajadi Hosseini (2011)

Short Films

• “Lonely in Tehran” Directed by Pirouz Kalantari (1999)
• “Cappuccino” Directed by Fereidoun Jeirani (2000)
• “Somewhere So Near” Directed by Sam Kalantari (2001)
• “Soosk” Directed by Kaveh Mazaheri (2008)
• “Unfinished Journey” Directed by Hasan Fathi (2009-2010)

Stage Theatres

• “King & Snake” Directed by Golab Adine (1993)
• “Flute & Bahman” Directed by Farhad Mohandespour (1996)
• “Familiar Spirit” Directed by Amir Dejakam (1996)
• “Golden Teeth” Directed by Davoud Mirbagheri (1997)
• “Resurrection Day” Directed by Farhad Mohandespour (1998)
• “1001 Night” Directed by Bahram Beizaei (2002)
• “Horses” Directed by Mohammad Rahmanian (2004)
• “My Seagull or Tchekhof saad” Directed by Mohammad Rahmanian (2004)
• “The condemned of Altona” Directed by Maryam Motaref (2006)
• “A Seperate Peace” Directed by Shabnam Farshadjoo (2006)
• “Without farewell” Directed by katayoun Feiz Marandi (2006)
• “Antigone in NY” Directed by Homa Rousta (2007)
• “Ashaqeh (Bindweed)” Directed by Mohammad Rahmanian (2007)
• “The Cuckoo of Holy Tomb’s Pigeons” Directed by Alireza Naderi (2009)
• “Love’s Tremble” Directed by Sohrab Salimi (2009)
• “Nora” Directed by Alireza Kooshkjalali (2010)
• “Who is Mr. Schmit?” Directed by Davood Rashidi (2011)
• “The Constitutional Lady” Directed by Hossein Kiani (2011)

Telefilm

• “Forgetfulness” Directed by Reza Madadi (2006)
• “Eclipse” Directed by Hojat Ghasemzadeh (2007)
• “Forfeit” Directed by Reza Ghaffari (2007)
• “God’s Silence” Directed by Rama Ghavidel (2007)
• “One Step Down” Directed by Ali Moazeni (2008)
• “After the End” Directed by Hojat Ghasemzadeh (2008)
• “In the Bounds of Wishes” Directed by Fereydoun Farhoudi (2008)
• “And Again the Spring” Directed by Rama Ghavidel (2008)
• “Gift for Iliya” Directed by Ali Atshani (2009)
• “December, the end of Autumn” Directed by Saeed Ebrahimifar (2010)
• “Scratch” Directed by Mohammad Hamzei (2011)
• “Sepideh” Directed by Hossein Agha Harandi (2011)